US5872687A - Transducer suspension system - Google Patents
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- US5872687A US5872687A US08/917,154 US91715497A US5872687A US 5872687 A US5872687 A US 5872687A US 91715497 A US91715497 A US 91715497A US 5872687 A US5872687 A US 5872687A
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
- G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
- G11B5/4806—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed specially adapted for disk drive assemblies, e.g. assembly prior to operation, hard or flexible disk drives
- G11B5/4833—Structure of the arm assembly, e.g. load beams, flexures, parts of the arm adapted for controlling vertical force on the head
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
- G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
- G11B5/4806—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed specially adapted for disk drive assemblies, e.g. assembly prior to operation, hard or flexible disk drives
- G11B5/4853—Constructional details of the electrical connection between head and arm
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US08/917,154 US5872687A (en) | 1997-08-25 | 1997-08-25 | Transducer suspension system |
KR1019980023620A KR100336739B1 (en) | 1997-08-25 | 1998-06-23 | Converter Suspension System |
MYPI98003545A MY116765A (en) | 1997-08-25 | 1998-08-03 | Transducer suspension system |
SG1998002954A SG66492A1 (en) | 1997-08-25 | 1998-08-11 | Transducer suspension system |
JP10227716A JP3063901B2 (en) | 1997-08-25 | 1998-08-12 | Suspension system |
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US08/917,154 US5872687A (en) | 1997-08-25 | 1997-08-25 | Transducer suspension system |
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JP (1) | JP3063901B2 (en) |
KR (1) | KR100336739B1 (en) |
MY (1) | MY116765A (en) |
SG (1) | SG66492A1 (en) |
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US5969906A (en) * | 1997-07-08 | 1999-10-19 | International Business Machines Corporation | Transducer suspension system having access aperture |
US6018439A (en) * | 1997-09-05 | 2000-01-25 | Seagate Technology, Inc. | Connector assembly for connecting transducing heads to a flex circuit of a disc drive |
US6033755A (en) * | 1997-09-16 | 2000-03-07 | Intri-Plex Technologies, Inc. | Base plate for suspension assembly in hard disk drive with tapered inner barrel |
US6212046B1 (en) * | 1997-09-26 | 2001-04-03 | International Business Machines Corporation | Arm assembly for a disk drive device and a method for fabricating the same |
US6336581B1 (en) * | 2000-06-19 | 2002-01-08 | International Business Machines Corporation | Solder ball connection device and capillary tube thereof |
US20030116899A1 (en) * | 2000-02-25 | 2003-06-26 | Girard Mark T. | Adhesive control features for wireless head suspension assemblies |
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US20030231433A1 (en) * | 2002-06-12 | 2003-12-18 | Zine-Eddine Boutaghou | Arm-suspension-pivot bearing integral design |
US20050138794A1 (en) * | 2003-12-29 | 2005-06-30 | Ming Gao Yao | Suspension assembly method and the manufacture process |
US20060034018A1 (en) * | 2004-08-09 | 2006-02-16 | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. | Magnetic disk drive, wiring connection structure and terminal structure |
US20060118330A1 (en) * | 2004-12-07 | 2006-06-08 | Nitto Denko Corporation | Wired circuit board and connecting structure thereof |
US20070279807A1 (en) * | 2006-05-30 | 2007-12-06 | Fujitsu Limited | Carriage assembly and storage medium drive |
US20080247094A1 (en) * | 2007-04-04 | 2008-10-09 | Jen-Yuan Chang | Flex cable assembly for robust right angle interconnect |
US20090159649A1 (en) * | 2007-12-21 | 2009-06-25 | Yasushi Inoue | Soldering method |
US20090266871A1 (en) * | 2008-04-25 | 2009-10-29 | Iraj Kavosh | Method and apparatus for beam soldering |
US20100020308A1 (en) * | 2008-07-24 | 2010-01-28 | Wells Mark A | Transducer Module |
US7907369B1 (en) * | 2007-10-11 | 2011-03-15 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Head gimbal assembly with flexure tail having bent alignment tab feature |
US20130256281A1 (en) * | 2012-03-30 | 2013-10-03 | Tatsumi Tsuchiya | Solder-jet nozzle, laser-soldering tool, and method, for lasersoldering head-connection pads of a head-stack assembly for a hard-disk drive |
US9324346B1 (en) * | 2008-08-20 | 2016-04-26 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Head stack assembly with a flexible printed circuit having a mouth centered between arms |
US20180090161A1 (en) * | 2015-04-26 | 2018-03-29 | Magnecomp Corporation | Disk Drive Suspension Having Stamped Base Plate Distal Tip |
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US4761699A (en) * | 1986-10-28 | 1988-08-02 | International Business Machines Corporation | Slider-suspension assembly and method for attaching a slider to a suspension in a data recording disk file |
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US5074029A (en) * | 1990-10-02 | 1991-12-24 | International Business Machines Corporation | Method for stringing wire on an actuator arm |
US5095396A (en) * | 1990-08-20 | 1992-03-10 | Seagate Technology, Inc. | Unitary E-block assembly for use in a disk drive |
US5161074A (en) * | 1990-12-21 | 1992-11-03 | Seagate Technology, Inc. | Flexible retainer for cantilevered matrix board |
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US5491597A (en) * | 1994-04-15 | 1996-02-13 | Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | Gimbal flexure and electrical interconnect assembly |
US5530604A (en) * | 1994-05-19 | 1996-06-25 | International Business Machines Corporation | Electrical connection and slider-suspension assembly having an improved electrical connection |
US5631786A (en) * | 1994-05-19 | 1997-05-20 | International Business Machines Corporation | Termination pad manipulator for a laminated suspension in a data storage system |
US5644454A (en) * | 1996-03-11 | 1997-07-01 | International Business Machines Corporation | Electrostatic discharge protection system for MR heads |
US5680274A (en) * | 1994-06-27 | 1997-10-21 | International Business Machines Corporation | Integrated suspension for an information storage system having electrostatic discharge protection |
US5699211A (en) * | 1992-07-01 | 1997-12-16 | Ampex Corporation | Boxed leaf flexural pantographic mount for a magnetic transducing head assembly |
US5737152A (en) * | 1995-10-27 | 1998-04-07 | Quantum Corporation | Suspension with multi-layered integrated conductor trace array for optimized electrical parameters |
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- 1998-08-03 MY MYPI98003545A patent/MY116765A/en unknown
- 1998-08-11 SG SG1998002954A patent/SG66492A1/en unknown
- 1998-08-12 JP JP10227716A patent/JP3063901B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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US4761699A (en) * | 1986-10-28 | 1988-08-02 | International Business Machines Corporation | Slider-suspension assembly and method for attaching a slider to a suspension in a data recording disk file |
US4787000A (en) * | 1987-07-08 | 1988-11-22 | Microscience International Cor | Head lifter for disk drive |
US5095396A (en) * | 1990-08-20 | 1992-03-10 | Seagate Technology, Inc. | Unitary E-block assembly for use in a disk drive |
US5074029A (en) * | 1990-10-02 | 1991-12-24 | International Business Machines Corporation | Method for stringing wire on an actuator arm |
US5198945A (en) * | 1990-11-09 | 1993-03-30 | Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | Magnetic head suspension |
US5161074A (en) * | 1990-12-21 | 1992-11-03 | Seagate Technology, Inc. | Flexible retainer for cantilevered matrix board |
US5699211A (en) * | 1992-07-01 | 1997-12-16 | Ampex Corporation | Boxed leaf flexural pantographic mount for a magnetic transducing head assembly |
US5422764A (en) * | 1993-10-15 | 1995-06-06 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Electrical interconnect for a head/arm assembly of computer disk drives |
US5491597A (en) * | 1994-04-15 | 1996-02-13 | Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | Gimbal flexure and electrical interconnect assembly |
US5530604A (en) * | 1994-05-19 | 1996-06-25 | International Business Machines Corporation | Electrical connection and slider-suspension assembly having an improved electrical connection |
US5631786A (en) * | 1994-05-19 | 1997-05-20 | International Business Machines Corporation | Termination pad manipulator for a laminated suspension in a data storage system |
US5680274A (en) * | 1994-06-27 | 1997-10-21 | International Business Machines Corporation | Integrated suspension for an information storage system having electrostatic discharge protection |
US5737152A (en) * | 1995-10-27 | 1998-04-07 | Quantum Corporation | Suspension with multi-layered integrated conductor trace array for optimized electrical parameters |
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US5969906A (en) * | 1997-07-08 | 1999-10-19 | International Business Machines Corporation | Transducer suspension system having access aperture |
US6018439A (en) * | 1997-09-05 | 2000-01-25 | Seagate Technology, Inc. | Connector assembly for connecting transducing heads to a flex circuit of a disc drive |
US6033755A (en) * | 1997-09-16 | 2000-03-07 | Intri-Plex Technologies, Inc. | Base plate for suspension assembly in hard disk drive with tapered inner barrel |
US6212046B1 (en) * | 1997-09-26 | 2001-04-03 | International Business Machines Corporation | Arm assembly for a disk drive device and a method for fabricating the same |
US6741426B2 (en) * | 2000-02-25 | 2004-05-25 | Applied Kinetics, Inc. | Adhesive control features for wireless head suspension assemblies |
US20030116899A1 (en) * | 2000-02-25 | 2003-06-26 | Girard Mark T. | Adhesive control features for wireless head suspension assemblies |
US6336581B1 (en) * | 2000-06-19 | 2002-01-08 | International Business Machines Corporation | Solder ball connection device and capillary tube thereof |
SG99964A1 (en) * | 2001-02-02 | 2003-11-27 | Toshiba Kk | Connector for flexible printed circuit boards, head actuator provided with the same, and disk drive |
US6781795B2 (en) | 2001-02-02 | 2004-08-24 | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | Connector for flexible printed circuit boards, head actuator provided with the same, and disk drive |
US20030231433A1 (en) * | 2002-06-12 | 2003-12-18 | Zine-Eddine Boutaghou | Arm-suspension-pivot bearing integral design |
US7151649B2 (en) | 2002-06-12 | 2006-12-19 | Seagate Technology Llc | Arm-suspension-pivot bearing integral design |
US20050138794A1 (en) * | 2003-12-29 | 2005-06-30 | Ming Gao Yao | Suspension assembly method and the manufacture process |
US20060034018A1 (en) * | 2004-08-09 | 2006-02-16 | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. | Magnetic disk drive, wiring connection structure and terminal structure |
US7372669B2 (en) * | 2004-08-09 | 2008-05-13 | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. | Magnetic disk drive, wiring connection structure and terminal structure |
US20060118330A1 (en) * | 2004-12-07 | 2006-06-08 | Nitto Denko Corporation | Wired circuit board and connecting structure thereof |
US7482800B2 (en) | 2004-12-07 | 2009-01-27 | Nitto Denko Corporation | Wired circuit board and connecting structure thereof |
US20070279807A1 (en) * | 2006-05-30 | 2007-12-06 | Fujitsu Limited | Carriage assembly and storage medium drive |
US20080247094A1 (en) * | 2007-04-04 | 2008-10-09 | Jen-Yuan Chang | Flex cable assembly for robust right angle interconnect |
US8213124B2 (en) | 2007-04-04 | 2012-07-03 | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V. | Flex cable assembly for robust right angle interconnect |
US7907369B1 (en) * | 2007-10-11 | 2011-03-15 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Head gimbal assembly with flexure tail having bent alignment tab feature |
US8064170B1 (en) | 2007-10-11 | 2011-11-22 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Method to align a flexure tail having bent alignment tab feature to a flex cable of a head gimbal assembly |
US20090159649A1 (en) * | 2007-12-21 | 2009-06-25 | Yasushi Inoue | Soldering method |
US20090266871A1 (en) * | 2008-04-25 | 2009-10-29 | Iraj Kavosh | Method and apparatus for beam soldering |
US9132495B2 (en) * | 2008-04-25 | 2015-09-15 | HGST Netherlands B.V. | Method and apparatus for beam soldering |
US20100020308A1 (en) * | 2008-07-24 | 2010-01-28 | Wells Mark A | Transducer Module |
US8094299B2 (en) | 2008-07-24 | 2012-01-10 | Beckman Coulter, Inc. | Transducer module |
US8339585B2 (en) | 2008-07-24 | 2012-12-25 | Beckman Coulter, Inc. | Transducer module |
US9324346B1 (en) * | 2008-08-20 | 2016-04-26 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Head stack assembly with a flexible printed circuit having a mouth centered between arms |
US9514773B2 (en) | 2008-08-20 | 2016-12-06 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Head stack assembly with a flexible printed circuit having a mouth centered between arms |
US20130256281A1 (en) * | 2012-03-30 | 2013-10-03 | Tatsumi Tsuchiya | Solder-jet nozzle, laser-soldering tool, and method, for lasersoldering head-connection pads of a head-stack assembly for a hard-disk drive |
US20180090161A1 (en) * | 2015-04-26 | 2018-03-29 | Magnecomp Corporation | Disk Drive Suspension Having Stamped Base Plate Distal Tip |
US10332552B2 (en) * | 2015-04-26 | 2019-06-25 | Magnecomp Corporation | Disk drive suspension having stamped base plate distal tip |
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JP3063901B2 (en) | 2000-07-12 |
KR19990023165A (en) | 1999-03-25 |
KR100336739B1 (en) | 2002-10-25 |
MY116765A (en) | 2004-03-31 |
JPH11120715A (en) | 1999-04-30 |
SG66492A1 (en) | 1999-07-20 |
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